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- Keeping our patients' secrets
Controversy over a proposed "unique health identifier" has focused attention on how to resolve the inherent conflict between the individual's right to privacy and the need for access to patient health information.
- Evidence-based medicine in everyday practice
A step-by-step guide to using evidence to answer specific questions, with the answers guided by the patient's wishes and values.
- A 74-year-old woman with abdominal pain and fever
What is the likely cause of this patient's symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
Should one routinely screen for lipoprotein(a)?The evidence does not yet justify screening everyone, hut you may want to obtain an Lp(a) level if the LDL level remains high despite statin therapy.
- Palliative care: Clinical approach to chronic pain and intestinal obstruction
Oral medications should control pain in up to 80% of patients with terminal cancer. Yet, many patients receive inadequate pain treatment.
- Clostridium difficile diarrhea and colitis: A clinical overview
In hospitalized patients who have received antibiotics, toxin-producing strains of C difficile can play havoc.
- ‘Telephone treatment’ of uncomplicated acute cystitis
Most women with uncomplicated acute cystitis can be treated over the telephone, saving time and money.
- Shortcomings of coronary angiography and their implications in clinical practice
Angiography is the gold standard for detecting coronary artery disease, but its results must be interpreted with caution. An accompanying illustration shows why.
